Meaning of the nameYolanda
- Female
- Yo-lan-da
Yolanda is a spelling of the name Iolanda.
Meaning
The meaning of Yolanda is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 9,869
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,732
- Median age
- 65 years
- 2010 Census
- 11,595
- people
Yolanda in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Yolanda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born before 1940 (1,870 people).
9,835 women 34 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Yolanda is most common
States with the highest share of people named Yolanda in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.009%
- São Paulo 0.008%
- Espírito Santo 0.006%
- Paraná 0.005%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 3,713 | 0.008% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,362 | 0.009% |
| Minas Gerais | 758 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 576 | 0.005% |
| Bahia | 451 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 376 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 264 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 246 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 227 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 209 | 0.006% |
| Maranhão | 188 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 168 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 164 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 151 | 0.005% |
| Amazonas | 146 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 139 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 135 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso | 125 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 124 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 80 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 63 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 56 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 48 | 0.008% |
| Rondônia | 31 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 30 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 22 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 17 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Yolanda
Written with Y, the Spanish and English form of the name according to Behind the Name; Wiktionary gives it as a variant of Iolanda.
About the name Iolanda
Behind the Name gives Iolanda as the Portuguese form of Yolanda, which would come from the medieval French Yolande, probably a form of Violante and thus from the Latin viola, 'violet', or else of Germanic origin. Wiktionary describes Yolanda as a medieval royal name of obscure origin, probably Germanic, which has been identified with Violante and with the Greek íon, 'violet', and ánthos, 'flower'. For that reason, the meaning of Iolanda is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 41,850 people named Iolanda, with a median age of 59. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Rio Grande do Sul; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Hiolanda and Iolanda among the spelling variants of Yolanda.
Other spellings of Iolanda
Sources
- Wiktionary: Iolanda · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Yolanda · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Yolanda · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Yolanda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Yolanda
What does the name Yolanda mean?
The meaning of Yolanda is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Yolanda in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,869 people with the first name Yolanda, which ranks it number 1,732 among the country's names. The largest group was born before 1940.
Is Yolanda a boy's or a girl's name?
Yolanda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 9,835 women and 34 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Yolanda most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.009% of the state's population is named Yolanda (1,362 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Yolanda?
Iolanda and Hiolanda. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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